It's welcome news that three serial troublemakers who made life hell for residents and people in an old folk's home have been banned from parts of their home town.

Anti Social Behaviour Orders have been imposed on teenagers William Hadwin, Matthew Hume, and Glen Maddison, who were the ringleaders behind 18 months of torment to residents and traders. It became so bad that one pensioner dragged her mattress into the corridor because she couldn't sleep in her room.

Their behaviour is clearly unacceptable. People across the region are sick and tired of their communities being marred by a minority of troublemakers and this proactive move makes the public aware that councils and police are on their side.

It also sends out a clear message to the yobs that the public will no longer tolerate their lives being made miserable by a badly behaved minority.